Conservation
Isil rampage: a threat to cultural heritage that belongs to all
James Cuno, the president of the Getty Trust, says the world must find ways to intervene and protect antiquities when nation-states cannot do so <br>
New light shed on craftsmen who captured sea life in glass
Corning Museum restores fragile models by father and son glassblowers Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka
British Museum dips its toes into world of underwater archaeology
London institution’s new show explores Egypt’s lost cities<br>
Italy squanders €150m in EU grants
Sicily and Naples miss out on culture and tourism grants to protect crumbling cultural heritage sites due to chronic mismanagement
Yale restores Louis Kahn’s vision for his Modernist landmark
Decade of research underpins groundbreaking conservation plan at US university’s centre for British art
Twist of fate leads to new finds in Tutankhamun’s tomb
Firm behind the high-resolution images that led to the discovery was “moved on” from another important pharaonic burial site
A timewarp in every room: French château Azay-le-Rideau restored
A major overhaul of the house’s interiors will recreate different a historical period on each floor
Nepal earthquake anniversary: World Monuments Fund to finance rebuilding of Char Narayan Temple
After slow start, country’s prime minister says reconstruction of other key heritage sites is also due to begin
Like day and night: Joseph Wright works go back on display in Derby after restoration
An earlier overzealous job had consigned the paintings to storage
Race to digitise photographs chronicling the birth of Bangladesh
The late photojournalist Rashid Talukder buried his politically sensitive images to hide them from the military regime
British team to conserve Ethiopia’s oldest wall paintings
Murals in remote cave church date to 12th century
Le Corbusier’s freshly-restored Paris shelter to open to the public
Residents will give tours of the Salvation Army’s Cité de Refuge
Budget for €19m revamp of Art Deco theatre in Paris does not include interior work
Around €2m needed to restore murals by Bonnard and Vuillard
Sea change in Turkey’s attitude towards its Byzantine heritage
Opening of two specialist study centres—a first for the country—begins era of Greek-Turkish collaboration
Flip the switch: Lacma’s Urban Light to go dark
The popular public installation is due to be turned off temporarily—but will soon shine again with a new paint job
Project to preserve Venice’s Jewish heritage, 500 years after the first ghetto was created
The €8.5m campaign is backed by the fashion designer Diane von Fürstenburg among others
World-class fresco studio saved from commercial merger
Russia’s culture ministry decides against creating giant restoration firm after protest by family of the late Vladimir Sarabyanov, the country’s “Da Vinci”